Patriots agreed to terms with Rob Gronkowski on a six-year, $54 million extension.
Gronk has not only emerged as the most dominant all-around tight end in the game, he's also off to arguably the greatest start in NFL history at the position. The Patriots weren't going to lock him up at a discount rate even if he re-signed with two years left on his rookie contract. Source: Adam Schefter on Twitter Jun 8 - 12:23 PM

No disrespect to Hernandez, but he's not anywhere near the caliber of player that Gronkowski is. Hernandez certainly has a lot of room to get better, but Gronk just turned 23 and has already reached the apex of his position. He just finished his 2nd season and I honestly have no idea how he can get better. This extension was a no brainer for the Pats.

Both parties have made it clear that Hernandez is going to be extended as well. With as versatile as Hernandez is for us I don't see us letting him walk. The 2 TE system right now is killing NFL defenses so I don't see why we would change it up.

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I don't know how old you are, but if you can get to 24/25 without getting arrested or killed, you've done well for yourself lol.

He's a true role model for the kids. If I ever have a son, I want him to grow up to be just like Gronk.

Smart move locking him up now. A lot of teams wait until the contract year just out of principle, but contracts are only going to get larger over the next few years. Even over the next 20 months or so, there's probably going to be some inflation. Also, I can't imagine him not earning every bit of that money unless he gets injured or goes all Shawn Kemp on us.